horse mackerel

1. 1.

   largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

   Synonymsbluefinbluefin tunaThunnus thynnus

   Broadertuna

   Part ofThunnus

   Partsbluefin
2. 2.

   large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

   SynonymssaurelTrachurus trachurus

   Broaderscad
3. 3.

   a California food fish

   Synonymsjack mackerelSpanish mackerelsaurelTrachurus symmetricus

   Broaderscad

Questions about horse mackerel

What does horse mackerel mean?

horse mackerel means "largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for horse mackerel?

Close synonyms include bluefin, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, saurel, Trachurus trachurus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horse mackerel a common word?

horse mackerel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.